Nov 16, 2009

The Da Vinci Code | Selected Quotes

1. "All descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents, and secret rituals in this novel are accurate" (Fact). This flat statement gives The Da Vinci Code more power and influence than most works of fiction.

2. "If I die, the truth will be lost forever," and "I must pass on the secret" (Prologue). Jacques Saunière thinks this as he is dying. The truth and secret referred to is the secret meaning of the Holy Grail.

3. Collet shows Langdon a picture of Saunière dead, in an odd position, and says, "Monsieur Saunière did that to himself," meaning...